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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1961
Page
12
Derby market reports show grain prices with corn at 1.00 per bushel and wheat at 1.86. Soybeans bring 2.18 while oats cost .75 and barley .90 per unit with miscellaneous notes on fiber, pullets, and dairy butter values.
Kansas City market notes show bid levels for wheat corn and soybeans with various grades and futures closing lower. Prices for milling wheat, corn, and soybeans listed alongside futures data for December March May and other contracts.
AP notes cattle count at 400 with calves absent and demand light for est grade. Hogs total 3,500 with barrows and gilts mostly 25 lower. sows steady. Lambs and ewes steady as high good to prime lambs fetch 16.00 to 17.25 per head. utility to choice ewes at 5.00 to 5.50.
A steadier tone among blue chips and selective gains marked a mixed stock market in late trading. Volume was about 3.7 million shares, with several major issues showing small advances such as Boeing and General Dynamics, while Schering dipped. Bond prices steadied amid slow dealings.
New York ap markets overview shows stocks mixed with blue chips steady. Bonds steady with some government issues higher. Commodities cotton lower on liquidation pressure while wheat steady to firm and corn and oats mixed. Soybeans and hogs show modest gains with pork and cattle prices noted. The piece also oddly notes ant colony estimates totaling about a million insects and comparable weight to an average man.
Central Junior High features Why the Chimes Rang by Elizabeth Apthorp McFadden with two shows 1:30 pm for students and 7:30 pm for the public. Lead roles include Chris Barteldes Bob Fox Stan Grigg Julia Hausherr and W M Stalcup Chad Lawton Mike Glover Sandra Wilson. The cast also includes 96 Junior Players and multiple ensembles with Mrs Deal Six as director and William Hamble directing music.
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Association announced a January 1 1962 rate increase to 4 1/2 percent on savings accounts from 4 percent. The topeka based federation has assets over 175 million dollars, making it the nation’s largest per capita saver. Lawrence branch manager is Ray Culbertson, vice president.
Edward C Pfeffer 67 of Baldwin died Thursday at home. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday Ives Chapel Methodist Baldwin with burial at Norman Oklahoma’s IOCF Cemetery. Survivors include wife Sara six stepchildren two brothers eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Volney Motley 77 of 180 Sa St died Friday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. A retired KU machinist, he will be buried in Oak Hill after funeral services at 2 p.m. Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home. Survivors: wife Hulda Motley two daughters Tessye Motley Alta Sellers son Floyd Motley sister Bessie Blair two brothers Wesley Motley Lewis Motley four grandchildren two great grandchildren.
Funeral services for John C. Rumsey 83 will be held at 2 p m Saturday in the Cooper Warren Chapel Rev Harlan J Hartner to officiate with burial in Vinland cemetery Mr Rumsey died Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mrs. John F. Byrne and her husband withdrew guilty pleas to federal income tax evasion for 1956 and 1957 and opted for trial. The judge reprimanded them for discussing the case publicly and warned against press influence on the court. The couple, owners of sandwich shops, had previously discussed the case after pleading.
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